Emmy Noether: Historical Contexts

Uta C. Merzbach
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Uta C. Merzbach: Smithsonian Institution

A chapter in Emmy Noether in Bryn Mawr, 1983, pp 161-171 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract “Algebra is fit enough to help us make discoveries, but not fit to bequeath them to posterity.” This sentiment, shared by many rigorous seventeenth century mathematicians, aptly characterizes the subservient place algebra held within mathematics for centuries. It is difficult to conceive even the most ardent nineteenth century champion of algebra suggesting that “algebra is the foundation and tool of all mathematics,” as Emmy Noether would do in 1931 [1].

Keywords: Invariant Theory; Algebraic Number; Differential Invariant; Class Field Theory; Algebraic Number Theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1983
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5547-5_12

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